First High School Football Rankings Feature 13 Northeast Iowa Teams
Thirteen Northeast Iowa teams are featured in the first Associated Press high school football rankings of the season, which were released on Monday (September 1, 2014).
Defending state champion Don Bosco is top-ranked in eight-player football, followed by Janesville fifth and Turkey Valley eighth. In Class-A, Wapsie Valley is rated sixth and Nashua-Plainfield is seventh.
The Class-1A rankings include South Winneshiek at number two and Dike-New Hartford at number five. South Winneshiek also received one first-place vote.
New Hampton is ranked second in Class-2A, along number three North Fayette Valley. Like South Winneshiek, New Hampton also received one first-place vote.
Two area teams are featured in the Class-3A rankings. West Delaware is rated fourth by the Associated Press. Waverly-Shell Rock is tied for sixth with Bishop Heelan Catholic of Sioux City.
There's also a tie in the Class-4A, where Cedar Falls is rated eighth along with North Scott of Eldridge.
Two area teams just missed the top-10 following season-opening victories last week. Sumner-Fredericksburg is first among other Class-1A teams receiving votes and Central Community of Elkader would be ranked 14th in 8-player football if the poll extended beyond 10 teams.
The Top Ten teams in the first Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2014 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class-4A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. West Des Moines Dowling (8) | 1-0 | 89 | - |
2. Waukee (1) | 1-0 | 80 | - |
3. Bettendorf | 1-0 | 70 | - |
4. Cedar Rapids Washington | 1-0 | 52 | - |
5. Ankeny Centennial | 1-0 | 46 | - |
6. Johnston | 1-0 | 36 | - |
7. West Des Moines Valley | 0-1 | 28 | - |
8. Eldridge North Scott | 1-0 | 27 | - |
(tie) Cedar Falls | 1-0 | 27 | - |
10. Iowa City West | 1-0 | 16 | - |
Others receiving votes: 11, Sioux City East (1-0) 13. 12, Urbandale (1-0) 3. 12, Marion Linn-Mar (1-0) 3. 14, Council Bluffs Lincoln (1-0) 2. 14, Ankeny (1-0) 2. 16, Ottumwa (1-0) 1.
Class-3A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Pella (3) | 1-0 | 80 | - |
2. Solon (3) | 1-0 | 73 | - |
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3) | 1-0 | 67 | - |
4. Manchester West Delaware | 1-0 | 48 | - |
5. Harlan | 1-0 | 46 | - |
6. Sioux City Heelan | 0-1 | 33 | - |
(tie) Waverly-Shell Rock | 1-0 | 33 | - |
8. Davenport Assumption | 0-1 | 29 | - |
9. Gilbert | 1-0 | 25 | - |
10. Humboldt | 1-0 | 24 | - |
Others receiving votes: 11, Carroll (1-0) 23. 12, Bondurant Farrar (1-0) 8. 13, Boyden-Hull-RV (1-0) 3. 14, Huxley Ballard (1-0) 2. 15, Dallas Center-Grimes (1-0) 1.
Class-2A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Clear Lake (6) | 1-0 | 85 | - |
2. New Hampton (1) | 1-0 | 61 | - |
3. West Union North Fayette | 1-0 | 58 | - |
4. Central Lyon-GLR (2) | 1-0 | 57 | - |
5. Spirit Lake | 1-0 | 53 | - |
6. Williamsburg | 1-0 | 43 | - |
7. Cascade | 1-0 | 39 | - |
8. Albia | 1-0 | 31 | - |
9. Sioux Center | 1-0 | 21 | - |
10. Mediapolis | 1-0 | 16 | - |
Others receiving votes: 11, Hampton-Dumont (1-0) 12. 12, Dyersville Beckman (1-0) 10. 13, Baxter CMB (1-0) 5. 14, Tama South Tama (1-0) 3. 15, Clarion-Goldfield (1-0) 1.
Class-1A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Iowa City Regina (7) | 0-1 | 81 | - |
2. Calmar South Winneshiek (1) | 1-0 | 76 | - |
3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (1) | 1-0 | 70 | - |
4. West Branch | 1-0 | 56 | - |
5. Dike-New Hartford | 1-0 | 47 | - |
6. St. Ansgar | 1-0 | 38 | - |
7. Emmetsburg | 1-0 | 31 | - |
8. Manson-NW Webster | 1-0 | 20 | - |
9. Sigourney-Keota | 1-0 | 16 | - |
10. Ogden | 1-0 | 14 | - |
Others receiving votes: 11, Sumner-Fredericksburg (1-0) 13. 12, Hinton (1-0) 10. 13, Inwood West Lyon (0-1) 7. 14, IKM/Manning (1-0) 6. 15, Stanwood North Cedar (1-0) 4. 16, Jewell South Hamilton (1-0) 2. 16, Madrid (1-0) 2. 18, Pella Christian (1-0) 1. 18, South Central Calhoun (1-0) 1.
Class-A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Delhi Maquoketa Valley (2) | 1-0 | 83 | - |
2. Council Bluffs St. Albert (6) | 1-0 | 81 | - |
3. Logan-Magnolia | 1-0 | 55 | - |
4. Ackley AGWSR | 1-0 | 52 | - |
5. Packwood Pekin (1) | 1-0 | 47 | - |
6. Fairbank Wapsie Valley | 1-0 | 36 | - |
7. Nashua-Plainfield | 1-0 | 34 | - |
8. Lawton-Bronson | 1-0 | 31 | - |
9. Lone Tree | 1-0 | 16 | - |
10. Algona Garrigan | 0-1 | 14 | - |
Others receiving votes: 11, Gladbrook-Reinbeck (0-1) 10. 12, Audubon (1-0) 8. 13, Mount Ayr (0-1) 7. 14, Earlham (1-0) 6. 14, Brooklyn BGM (0-1) 6. 16, Montezuma (1-0) 4. 17, Belmond-Klemme (1-0) 2. 18, Danville (1-0) 1. 18, Belle Plaine (1-0) 1. 18, Hawarden West Sioux (1-0) 1.
8-Player | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (1) | 1-0 | 74 | - |
(tie) Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira (4) | 1-0 | 74 | - |
3. Fremont Mills, Tabor (2) | 1-0 | 63 | - |
4. East Mills (2) | 1-0 | 50 | - |
5. Janesville | 1-0 | 49 | - |
6. Marcus MMC | 1-0 | 40 | - |
7. HLV, Victor | 1-0 | 30 | - |
8. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley | 1-0 | 27 | - |
(tie) Glidden-Ralston | 1-0 | 27 | - |
10. West Bend-Mallard | 1-0 | 21 | - |
Others receiving votes: 11, Springville (1-0) 8. 12, Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire (1-0) 7. 12, Melcher-Dallas (1-0) 7. 14, Elkader Central (1-0) 6. 15, Guthrie Center (1-0) 4. 15, Coon Rapids-Bayard (1-0) 4. 17, Anita CAM (1-0) 3. 18, Adair-Casey (0-1) 1.